calculate? I didn't calculate. I just knew my bianchi was too long, even with all the little modifications we had done to it.
and I also knew I could have stood over a taller bike, gotten on it, and ridden it.
But for how long, and how comfortable?
When you go to a LBS, if they DON'T know what they're doing, they're going to have you stand over a bike and say "there, that fits you" it just isn't the case,
especially with a large majority of smaller women.